in the way of vs of

in the way of

prep
  • In relation to; in connection with; with respect to. 

  • Similar to; as an instance of; as a kind of. 

  • In or into a position of being likely to obtain, to attain, or to achieve. 

of

prep
  • Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by". 

  • Indicates quantity, age, price, etc. 

  • Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent. 

  • Often used without the hour 

  • Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below). 

  • Indicates duration of a state, activity etc. 

  • Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object. 

  • Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective. 

  • Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning. 

  • Indicates a given part. 

  • Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to. 

  • Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). 

  • Used to indicate the material or substance used. 

  • Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.}} 

  • Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object. 

  • Denotes the number of minutes before the hour;Before (the hour); to. 

  • During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. 

  • From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). 

  • Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of. 

  • Indicates the source or cause of the verb. 

  • Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual. 

  • Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by). 

  • Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective. 

  • Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also". 

  • Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among". 

  • Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. 

  • Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.) 

  • Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun. 

  • Forming the "objective genitive". 

  • Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class. 

  • Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action. 

  • Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective. 

  • Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree. 

  • Introduces its subject matter. 

  • For (a given length of time). 

  • Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).}} 

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